The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-16
THE crTY's SHADE TREES.
No Observance of Arbor Day, but Lots
of Trees to be Planted.


Tuesday, Nov. %, will be arbor day
throughout the State, and many Of the
smaller cities viii celebrate it by planting
numbers of treec in the streets and public
squares. There will be no arbor day here,
but during the present month and Decem-
Der number of trees will be set out. There
is a need for this even in the Forest City, for
the old trees like the old people die event
ually and leave bare spots III the line OF the
streets.
There is nothing that adds so much to
the beauty of a residence as trees, but there
are many houses, even new and costly ones
which stand exposed to the SUMS rays with
no shelter near them This can be easily
and cheaply avoided for young trees cost
but little, and in due time they grow and
become both beautiful and ornamental.
There are some few citizens who are plant
ing already, but not many have yet begun.
They should not delay, however, for there
are only a few men here who plant trees,
and if everybody waits until next month
they viii find the gardeners too busy to sup
ply them.
The number of trees that the city Will cut
down this year will not be so great as last
year. Only the dead ones will be removed
and such as may be Instructions. One that
was located on Liberty and Whitaker was
and kept little pond of water standing on
the sidewalk. Two dead trunks have been
removed from Chippewa square, and one
water oak that stood in the intersection of
McDonough and Drayton streets was cut
down because il was an obstruction. Two
large trees were removed from Anderson
street for the same reason, and one from
Price, near Huntington. There are three or
four of the old trees on Whitaker that may
have to be cut down before the winter is
over They have holes in them and it is a
question whether they could stand severe
storm.
Alderman Thomas, chairman of the Street
and Lane Committee, proposes to introduce
in Council an ordinance amending the pres
emit ordinance regulating the planting of
trees. 1t seems that the narrow streets
have been planted too thickly while the
others have to a certain extent been neg
lected. Whitaker and Drayton streets
have very heavy growths of large trees upon
them, though they are very narrow. Some
times this is inconvenient. One reason
the tree that stood on Liberty and
Whitaker streets was removed was that
there was not sufficient room for buggy to
pass between the tree and the street car
tracks. Bay street west of West Broad is
another narrow street that is crowded with
trees. Mr.. Thomas desires to forbid the
planting of trees on these streets and also
TO change the specifications as to how they
shall be planted The law now is that they
shall be planted within foot of the curb
and twenty, twenty-five or twenty-five feet
apart according to the width of the
streets After tree grows for four or five
years its roots become so large that they
take up the sidewalk and the cutters Then,
too when they are only twenty feet apart
their branches soon begin to grow into each
other and their foliage becomes so thick
that it keeps the walls damp. By using the
proper caution in planting and placing the
trees far enough apart to prevent the street
being too completely shaded the city can be
made much prettier and the streets all inn
y1rOvad